Department of Justice recovered a record $5.6 billion in fraud in 2011 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. As part of the Obama Administration’s Campaign to Cut Waste, Vice President Biden today announced the U.S. Mint would suspend the production of presidential dollar coins for circulation. Today, nearly 1.4 billion surplus dollar[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 13, 2011. There were 3.3 million job openings on the last business day of October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The hires rate (3.1 percent) and separations rate (3.0 percent) were little changed over the month. The job openings rate has trended upward since the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011.  Today a partisan group of Republicans in the Senate blocked our Ambassador to El Salvador from returning to her job, choosing instead to play politics with America’s national interests. Ambassador Aponte has served our nation with distinction over the past year, accumulating an impressive list of[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 December 2011.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern after reports emerged today that the Israeli Government has approved the construction of another 40 houses and a farm in the occupied Palestinian territories. The reports indicate that the construction has been approved near the settlement of Efrat, close to the[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011 – 12:24 P.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Please have a seat.  Good afternoon, everyone. When I took office, nearly 150,000 American troops were deployed in Iraq, and I pledged to end this war, responsibly.  Today, only several thousand troops remain there, and more are coming home every[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011 – 10:52 A.M. EST MR. CARNEY:  As you know, Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki is here to meet with the President.  You will be seeing them both fairly soon.  And if I could just note, this is a momentous visit because, as you know, the Iraq war[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. President Obama today announced that Secretary John Bryson would join National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling as co-chair of the White House Office of Manufacturing Policy.  The Office of Manufacturing Policy is part of the National Economic Council in the White House and works across federal government[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011.  Japan: Full Decontamination Efforts Will Begin in March NOTE: The Fukushima updates are moving to a weekly schedule beginning today and continuing each Monday.  Additional updates will be issued as needed to cover developing events. Industry/Regulatory/Political Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said it will receive accident[Read More…]

Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—December 12, 2011. Occupy Pittsburgh will deliver an eviction notice to BNY Mellon at 8:30 AM, Monday, December 12th.  BNY Mellon is a criminal enterprise masquerading as a respectable institution in the Pittsburgh community.  They are currently being sued by the attorneys general of New York, Florida and Virginia[Read More…]

Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—December 10, 2011. On Friday, December 9th Occupy Pittsburgh received notice from BNY Mellon of their intent to forcibly remove the downtown encampment.  The bank asks for “the removal of all tents and other structures as well as camping equipment and other stored personal items from BNY Mellon Green[Read More…]